GRE Word List
POTENTIAL
existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality
The meaning of the word potential is existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |